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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

Winfried Kretschmann Jung respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998, the text of which can be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website, Winfried Kretschmann Jung will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the Winfried Kretschmann Jung service and/or website (the "Service") if such claims are reported to Winfried Kretschmann Jung's Designated Copyright Agent.

Filing a Copyright Infringement Notice

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, or authorized to act under any exclusive right under copyright, please report alleged copyright infringements taking place on or through the Service by completing a DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement and delivering it to our Designated Copyright Agent. Upon receipt of the Notice as described below, Winfried Kretschmann Jung will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal of the challenged material from the Service.

Please note that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA Notice may not be effective. When preparing your DMCA Notice, please include the following:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit Winfried Kretschmann Jung to locate the material.
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit Winfried Kretschmann Jung to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
  5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Filing a Counter-Notification

If you believe that your content, which was removed or disabled, is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use the material in your content, you may send a counter-notice containing the following information to our Designated Copyright Agent:

  • Your physical or electronic signature.
  • Identification of the content that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the content appeared before it was removed or disabled.
  • A statement that you have a good faith belief that the content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the content.
  • Your name, address, telephone number, and email address, and a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.
  • A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in [Jurisdiction where Winfried Kretschmann Jung operates, e.g., the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California] or, if your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which Winfried Kretschmann Jung may be found.

If a counter-notice is received by the Designated Copyright Agent, Winfried Kretschmann Jung may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed content or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member or user, the removed content may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at Winfried Kretschmann Jung’s sole discretion.

To submit a DMCA Notice or Counter-Notification, please use our contact page to reach our Designated Copyright Agent.